{"id":907,"date":"2012-06-07T10:22:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/?p=907"},"modified":"2015-09-23T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:44:05","slug":"are-there-some-items-that-cant-be-send-via-parcel-delivery-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/are-there-some-items-that-cant-be-send-via-parcel-delivery-services","title":{"rendered":"Are there some items that can&#8217;t be sent via parcel delivery services?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you use a standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/parcel-delivery\/\">parcel delivery service<\/a>, it&#8217;s not just the delivery company&#8217;s size restrictions that you need to consider. Most delivery companies also have a list of goods that are entirely prohibited, plus a list of goods that are excluded from delivery compensation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard list of prohibited goods:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aerosols<\/li>\n<li>Alcoholic liquids with an alcohol content higher than 70%<\/li>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Butane lighters<\/li>\n<li>Clinical and medical waste<\/li>\n<li>Drugs \u2013 prescription or illegal<\/li>\n<li>Corrosive substances<\/li>\n<li>Counterfeit currency, bank notes and postage stamps<\/li>\n<li>Dry ice<\/li>\n<li>Environmental waste<\/li>\n<li>Explosives<\/li>\n<li>Filth e.g. dirt or waste<\/li>\n<li>Flammable liquids<\/li>\n<li>Flammable solids<\/li>\n<li>Gases that are compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure<\/li>\n<li>Living creatures<\/li>\n<li>Magnetised material<\/li>\n<li>Oxidising substances and organic peroxide<\/li>\n<li>Pathogens<\/li>\n<li>Perfumes and aftershaves<\/li>\n<li>Toxic and infectious substances<\/li>\n<li>Pesticides<\/li>\n<li>Radioactive materials<\/li>\n<li>Sharp instruments<\/li>\n<li>Solvent-based paints and inks<\/li>\n<li>Infectious substances<\/li>\n<li>Water-based paints and inks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard list of goods excluded from parcel delivery compensation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antiques (objects over 100 years old)<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous,hazardous or prohibited goods<\/li>\n<li>Articles made mainly or completely from precious metals<\/li>\n<li>Ceramics or composites made mainly or completely from china or porcelain<\/li>\n<li>Multiple items strapped together<\/li>\n<li>Precious stones<\/li>\n<li>Eggs<\/li>\n<li>Perishable food items<\/li>\n<li>Fossils, stones or stoneware<\/li>\n<li>Furniture that is not flat-packed<\/li>\n<li>Glassware<\/li>\n<li>Human and animal remains (including ashes)<\/li>\n<li>Jewellery (except imitation)<\/li>\n<li>Laptops, monitors, computer equipment<\/li>\n<li>Marble or stone derivatives<\/li>\n<li>Money or anything that could be turned into money (credit cards, bankers drafts etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Negotiable documents<\/li>\n<li>Plants, seeds, flowers, plant derivatives<\/li>\n<li>Real fur<\/li>\n<li>Resin items, amber and composites<\/li>\n<li>Restricted goods where the instructions have not been heeded<\/li>\n<li>SIM cards<\/li>\n<li>Stamps<\/li>\n<li>Televisions<\/li>\n<li>Watches<\/li>\n<li>White goods (fridges, ovens, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These lists vary between different parcel delivery companies, so you should ask about exclusions and prohibited goods before trying to send your parcel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you use a standard parcel delivery service, it&#8217;s not just the delivery company&#8217;s size restrictions that you need to consider. Most delivery companies also have a list of goods that are entirely prohibited, plus a list of goods that are excluded from delivery compensation. Standard list of prohibited goods: Aerosols Alcoholic liquids with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[81,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3407,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/3407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}